| | Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim rendition of Surah The Night(al-Layl)
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| 92:1 | | By the night when its shades of darkness serve as a veil |
| 92:2 | | And by the day-light and the illumination that emanates from it and does prevail |
| 92:3 | | And by the creation of the, male and the female |
| 92:4 | | That your endeavour you people to attain your goals is diverse; to some, righteousness is but a goal to their will, others in vanity they waste their days, others compromise between opposite motives and exercise adjustment of rival courses of action, and others attain it through benefaction |
| 92:5 | | So that he who gives gratuitously and fears Allah indeed |
| 92:6 | | And solemnly believes in deeds imprinted with wisdom and piety and that the\ end crowns the deed |
| 92:7 | | We will facilitate his task and lead him to the facile and ready course |
| 92:8 | | But he ho is niggardly thinking he is self-sufficient and exercises greed |
| 92:9 | | Denying the Day of Judgment and the requital that is commensurate with one’s deed |
| 92:10 | | We will allow his course to what is miserable, unfavourable and bad |
| 92:11 | | Nor will his material advantages save him from the infernal abode which is dark, troublesome and sad |
| 92:12 | | It is We who indicate to the people what is right and what is wrong |
| 92:13 | | And to Us indeed do the beginning and the end belong, for, one’s own self and all his possessions are not truly his own, but Ours |
| 92:14 | | Therefore I have warned you people of a fiercely blazing fire |
| 92:15 | | No one suffers it but the unfortunate who obstinately denies the truth and to arrogance does he aspire |
| 92:16 | | Who whole heartedly denies Allah and deviates from the path of righteousness and piety |
| 92:17 | | But saved from it will be the one who entertains the profound reverence dutiful to Allah and carries his reverence to Allah from contemplation to reality |
| 92:18 | | Who spends of his wealth in benefaction |
| 92:19 | | With no obligation to any, or expectation of a reward or a favour in return or a mundane satisfaction |
| 92:20 | | But only on account of his interest, to please Allah, his Creator – the Supreme -, and to gain His welcome into His realm and be held precious in His esteem; a welcome featured by the illumination proceeding from Him and by the language spoken by His countenance |
| 92:21 | | Such a person shall be rewarded to his satisfaction |
